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Review of Using Language handout on fragments, run-ons, and tips for developing a clear style.

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1
Which of the following is NOT a sentence fragment?
Since you've been gone, I can breathe for the first time.
Since he got that promotion, not trying very hard.
Since making the team, his priorities.
Now I get what I want, since you've been gone.
2
A sentence requires which two parts?
A subject and an object
A subjugate and advocate
A noun and a verb
A subject and a predicate
3
Which of the following is NOT a coordinating conjunction?
so
or
nor
because
4
Which of the following is the acronym for coordinating conjunctions?
BOYSFAN
BOURSIN
BOYSMAN
BOUYSON
5
Which of the following is a comma splice run-on?
My son watches football, but he doesn't like baseball.
But he doesn't like baseball.
My son watches football, and he doesn't like baseball.
My son watches football, he doesn't like baseball.
6
Which of the following is NOT a way to develop a clear style?
Pay attention to word order
Make your sentences specific
Give your sentences content
Over-pack your sentences
7
Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
I hate spiders and cockroaches.
I love my son and my daughter.
I love you and I miss you.
I hate you and despise you.
8
Which of the following is a sentence fragment?
Baseball moves too slowly.
Because baseball moves too slowly.
Because baseball moves too slowly, it bores him.
He dislikes it because baseball moves too slowly.